Amos 4
1 You [wealthy women] of Samaria [have grown fat like] [MET] the fat cows of the Bashan [region]. You oppress poor people and you cause needy people to suffer. And you say to your husbands, “Bring us [more wine] to drink!”
Hoort dit woord, koeien van Basjan op Samaria’s gebergte, Die de zwakken verdrukt en de armen vertrapt, Tot uw mannen zegt: Brengt ons te drinken!
2 But Yahweh [our] God has said this: “Because I am holy, I solemnly promise this: It will [soon] be the time when you all will be taken [to another country]; [your enemies will take you away as though they are] using sharp hooks [DOU] [to grab you].
Bij zijn heiligheid heeft Jahweh, de Heer, het gezworen: Ziet, de dagen gaan voor u komen, Dat men u ophaalt aan haken, En uw kinderen aan angels;
3 [Your enemies] will drag you out through breaks/holes [in your city walls], and they will throw you outside the city. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it!
Dat ge de bressen zult uitgaan, de een na de ander, En naar de Hermon zult worden gesleurd: Is de godsspraak van Jahweh!
4 Go to Bethel and Gilgal [towns where many people worship me] and sin more and more [SAR]! [I say that not because I want you to do it], [but because it is what you have always been doing]! Offer sacrifices on the morning [after you arrive], [and bring me] (a tithe/one tenth) of your crops the next day.
Trekt op naar Betel, en bezondigt u maar; Naar Gilgal, en maakt uw misdaad nog erger. Brengt iedere morgen uw offers, Alle drie jaren uw tienden.
5 Bring offerings of bread to thank me, and [other] offerings that are not required/commanded, and boast about [these offerings that you bring], because that is what you like to do, [but you do it to impress others, not to please me]. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it.
Draagt uw ongedesemd dankoffer op, Bazuint uw vrijwillige gaven uit, Want dat doet ge zo gaarne, kinderen van Israël: Is de godsspraak van Jahweh, den Heer!
6 I [am the one who] caused there to be no food in any of your cities and towns [DOU], but you rejected me in spite of that.
In al uw steden heb Ik u blanke tanden gegeven. In al uw plaatsen broodsgebrek! Maar ge hebt u tot Mij niet bekeerd: Is de godsspraak van Jahweh!
7 When it was still three months before [the time of] harvesting [crops], [at the time when your crops needed rain the most], I prevented rain from falling. [Sometimes] I allowed rain to fall on some towns and prevented it from falling on other towns. Rain fell on some fields, but it did not fall on other fields, with the result that [the soil in] those fields [where it did not rain] dried up.
Ik was het, die u regen onthield, Drie maanden lang voor de oogst; Ik liet het regenen op de ene stad, Op de andere niet; De ene akker werd door de regen besproeid, De andere verdroogde, omdat er geen regen op viel.
8 People would stagger from one town to another town to find water, but they could not even get enough water to drink, but in spite of that, you have not returned to me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!
Twee, drie steden sleepten zich Naar een en dezelfde stad, Om water te drinken, Zonder dat haar dorst werd gelest! Maar ge hebt u tot Mij niet bekeerd: Is de godsspraak van Jahweh!
9 I caused your grain fields to dry up; I caused your gardens and vineyards to be struck/destroyed by (blight/hot winds) and mildew. [I sent] locusts to eat [the leaves on] your fig trees and olive trees, but in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true because I], Yahweh, have said it!
Ik heb u met brand en meeldauw geslagen, Uw tuinen en gaarden vernield, En de sprinkhaan vrat uw vijg en olijf! Maar ge hebt u tot Mij niet bekeerd: Is de godsspraak van Jahweh!
10 I caused you to experience (plagues/severe sicknesses) like the plagues [that I sent to the people] of Egypt. I caused [many of] your young men to die in battles. I allowed [your enemies] to capture your horses. [Many of your soldiers were killed, ] and I caused your camps to be filled with the smell/stink of their [decaying] corpses. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because] I, Yahweh, have said it!
Ik zond de pest onder u als die van Egypte, Vermoordde uw jongens met het zwaard: Uw paarden werden geroofd, De stank van uw legerplaats Liet Ik in uw neusgaten dringen! Maar ge hebt u tot Mij niet bekeerd: Is de godsspraak van Jahweh!
11 I got rid of many of you, like I got rid of [the people in] Sodom and Gomorrah. [Those of] you who [did not die] were like [SIM] a burning stick that was snatched from a fire [so that it would not burn completely]. But in spite of that, you rejected me. [That is certainly true, because I], Yahweh, have said it!
Ik heb u onderstboven geworpen, Zoals God Sodoma en Gomorra vernielde: En als brandhout werdt gij aan de vlammen ontrukt! Maar ge hebt u tot Mij niet bekeerd: Is de godsspraak van Jahweh!
12 So [now], you [people of] Israel, I am going to punish you. Prepare to stand in front of me, your God, [when I judge you]!
Daarom geef Ik u, Israël, wat ge verdient; Israël, houd u gereed, om voor uw God te verschijnen:
13 I created the mountains, and [I] created winds. I reveal to humans what I am thinking. I [sometimes] cause the daylight to become dark [like the night]. I [rule over everything]; I [even] walk on the highest mountains on the earth! I am the Commander of the armies of angels!”
Voor Hem, die de bergen boetseerde en de winden schiep, Die den mens zijn diepste gedachten onthult, De dageraad in het donker verkeert, En de hoogste toppen der aarde bestijgt: Jahweh, der heirscharen God, is zijn Naam!
